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Before Elvis : the African American musicians who made the King

Lauterbach, Preston, author

Publication Date

2025

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Book

Call Number

781.6408996 LAU

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SD_ILS:790875

How sweet the sound

Alexander, Kwame, author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

780.8996073 ALE

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SD_ILS:794072

Jelly Roll blues : censored songs & hidden histories

Wald, Elijah, author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Book

Call Number

782.421643 WAL

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SD_ILS:722483

Gather me : a memoir in praise of the books that saved me

Edim, Glory, 1982- author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Book

Call Number

028.8 EDI

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SD_ILS:729914

The collected essays of Ralph Ellison

Ellison, Ralph, author.

Publication Date

2024

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Book

Call Number

814.54 ELL

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SD_ILS:710159

Black Caesars and foxy Cleopatras : a history of blaxploitation cinema

Henderson, Odie, author.

Publication Date

2024

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Book

Call Number

791.4365299 HEN

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SD_ILS:711030

This morning, this evening, so soon : James Baldwin and the voices of queer resistance

Baldwin, James, 1924-1987, author.

Publication Date

2024

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Book

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813.54 BAL

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SD_ILS:723666

Dear Yusef : essays, letters, and poems, for and about one Mr. Komunyakaa

Murillo, John, editor.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Book

Call Number

811.54 KOM Y

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SD_ILS:785193

My Black country : a journey through country music's Black past, present and future

Randall, Alice, 1959- author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Book

Call Number

781.642 RAN

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SD_ILS:788591

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But will you love me tomorrow? : an oral history of the '60s girl groups

Flam, Laura, author.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

Book

Call Number

782.42164 FLA

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SD_ILS:690444

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The life and times of Hannah Crafts : the true story of The Bondwoman's Narrative

Hecimovich, Gregg A., author.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

Book

Call Number

928.13 CRA

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SD_ILS:692761

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Why Willie Mae Thornton matters

Denise, Lynnée (DJ), author.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

Book

Call Number

927.8242 THO

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SD_ILS:691644

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Glaser, Joe, 1896-1969.

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Lambda Literary Awards (2024) -- Nominee.

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Morrison, Toni.

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Morton, Jelly Roll, 1890-1941.

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National Book Award for Nonfiction (2021) -- Nominee.

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Newborn, Calvin.

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Parker, Junior.

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